Five things to get you up to date on the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.
1. Evidence Starmer broke no lockdown rules - Labourafter eating a takeaway with Sir Keir Starmer at an event being investigated as a potential lockdown breach. The Labour leader was filmed having curry and beer at an MP's office during an election visit, in April 2021, but insists no rules were broken because those present were working and so exempt from a ban on indoor gatherings.
across most of the UK, the latest weekly Office for National Statistics figures suggest. Estimated infections have returned to levels last seen before the highly-transmissible sub-variant of Omicron, called BA.2, became more widespread. It comes alongside a fall in the number of hospital patients with coronavirus.Tales of passport woe continue to emerge. One mother says her family could miss an £8,000 "holiday of a lifetime" because.